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What is the difference between 'Equation of motion' and 'Transport equation'?
I think this is a simple question with a not so easily explained answer. What is the difference between the Equation of motion and Transport eq? Is Navier stokes equation an 'Equation of motion' or a '...
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Can energy conservation equation be seen as equation of motion?
After all, energy conservation equation is a differential equation that can be solved to find the motion, but this is never done. It is alway considered equation of motion only the time derivative of ...
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What is the difference between "field equations" and "equations of motion"?
I come across the terms "equations of motion" and "field equations" all the time, but what is the difference? For example, general relativity is described in terms of the Einstein ...
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Do the equations of motion have specific characteristics?
I solved a classical mechanics problem in a form somewhat like this:
$$x(t)=t^2+5t$$
$$y(t)=t^3$$
$$z(t)=5.$$
The problem asked me to find the equations of motion of an object.
From my ...
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Why isn't the Time-Independent Schrödinger Equation an equation of motion?
I thought an equation of motion was something where you are given a Lagrangian and, using the Euler-Lagrange equation, you then find the equations of motion for that system. Same basic idea for the ...
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Equation $H(q,p)=E$ is the equation of motion or energy-conservation law?
I do not completely understand, why do we consider Hamilton–Jacobi equation $H(q,p)=E$ as equation of motion, whereas it is looks like energy-conservation law?
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